Apple patent against Samsung possibly invalid

[Jeremy Proome]

Apple patent against Samsung second-guessed

Apple’s rubber-banding patent may be invalidated as it is still undergoing a lengthy assessment process

 

[absynth]

The more I read about these sort of court cases.The more I realise how silly the world has become.

 

[HBee]

Nice, with all these legal mumbo jumbo being set aside, I expect to see better tablets from the competition.

 

[grok]

So will companies that Apple tried to [-]screw[/-] keep out of the market over an invalid patent be able to sue them?

 

[alloytoo]

Groklaw has some interesting Analysis.

There appears to be prior art for more than just the rubberband patent, Pinch to zoom and scrolling patents are also under fire.

There's a youtube video of the Sun Microsystems Star 7 which would render any scrolling patents obvious.

 

[TrueSeeker]

It is a sad state of affairs when a bouncing menu is worth a couple $100mils.